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* Have lost 6lbs in the last 16 days.

*  I cannot stand the forums on myfitnesspal.com. It's like a meeting place for the self-righteous, the smug, the misinformed, and (food) conspiracy theorists (I say even as I agree that our food manufacturing really should be cleaned up).

* Liked this week's Once. Yeah, Pinnochio deserved a solid punch to the face, but Gepetto deserved a happy resolution, so I'm satisfied. One of Regina's acts is coming back to haunt her in the flesh, which is what she frankly deserves. And I'm trying to figure out the deal with Tamara. She's not magical. She's human. But neither of those things necessarily means that she's from here does it?

* Currently reading: Gary Taube's "Good Calories, Bad Calories". It's actually interesting.

*  TBS Renews Cougar Town

*  TVGuide on What's Next for GOT's House Stark (Not specifically spoilery for Season 3).  I will quote this non-spoilery snippet:  " A suddenly taller Bran meets up with..."  And wonder why so many people seem concerned with the fact that the kids of GOT are noticeably aging.  Yes, time moves quite slowly in the novels, so the kids in the book never make a leap in age, but that doesn't mean they aren't aging over the course of the novels.  Perhaps not QUITE as quickly, but it can't be all that  much more slowly because all of that travelling and troop movements take time.  Besides, even if the show kids are growing slightly more quickly, it's not like anything in the books is that age specific for them.  If they're a tad bit older... well, the truth is those characters read older than their listed ages anyway.

* i09's March Madness Poll -- Buffy Vs. Dollhous, Firefly Vs. Angel, Trek  vs X-Files

* i09  Dr Who, Game of Thrones and Revolution return for Spring

*  J.J. Abrams talks the next Star Wars

* Tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist (who unfortunately remains a U.S. elected official) is in a spot of trouble.

*  Best Trolling EVER!  Man buys house across from hate-cult Westboro Baptist 'Church', paints it rainbow colored, and opens charity. 


* 30 second Mad Men teaser

Punxsutawney Phil: Oops! I was wrong.

From AP:

PITTSBURGH (AP) - An Ohio prosecutor who lightheartedly filed a criminal indictment against the famous Pennsylvania groundhog who fraudulently "predicted" an early spring said he may consider a pardon now that the animal's handler is taking the blame.

Bill Deeley, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle, told The Associated Press on Monday that the animal rightly predicted six more weeks of winter last month, but he mistakenly announced an early spring because he failed to correctly interpret Phil's "groundhog-ese."

"I'm the guy that did it; I'll be the fall guy. It's not Phil's fault," Deeley said.

Butler County, Ohio, prosecutor Mike Gmoser told the AP that he's reconsidering the charges in light of the new evidence and may issue a full pardon.

"Frankly, he is a cute little rascal, a cute little thing," Gmoser said. "And if somebody is willing to step up to the plate and take the rap, I'm willing to listen."

The Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, a borough about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, attracts worldwide attention each year. But the attention stretched well beyond Feb. 2 when Gmoser last week issued an indictment as winter-like weather continued across much of the nation even as spring began.

"Punxsutawney Phil did purposely, and with prior calculation and design cause the people to believe that spring would come early," Gmoser's indictment said. The penalty? Death, Smoser said, tongue firmly in cheek.

Deeley said this is the second year in a row he's misinterpreted Phil's forecast. "Remember, last year at this time, it was 80 degrees and Phil had predicted six more weeks of winter," Deeley said.

Under normal circumstances, Deeley's interpretation of the forecast is infallible, as long as he clings to the gnarly, magical "Arcadian" cane while the rodent whispers the forecast into his ear. Deeley still doesn't know what went wrong, but he said the borough is nonetheless pleased to still be in the news more than six weeks later - although there's more snow on the ground, and local schools were closed Monday.

"We couldn't have generated this much publicity with a $10,000 ad campaign," he said.

GOT: Extra -- Wildlings